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Unnamed Borate deposit [3], Frazier Park area, Ventura County, California, USAi
Regional Level Types
Unnamed Borate deposit [3]Occurrence
Frazier Park areaMineral Occurrence Area
Ventura CountyCounty
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USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude:
34° North , 119° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~136km
GRN:
N23W71
Type:
Occurrence
Mindat Locality ID:
209697
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:209697:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A borate occurrence located in sec. 14, T8N, R21W, SBM, on the SE slope of Mount Pinos, W of Frazier Park.

Mineralization is a deposit similar to the Tick Canyon deposits in a narrow belt.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 6 - Borates
ⓘColemanite6.CB.10Ca[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ ColemaniteCa[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O
BBoron
Bⓘ ColemaniteCa[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ ColemaniteCa[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ ColemaniteCa[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent
North America Plate
Pacific PlateTectonic Plate
USA

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References

Gale, Hoyt Stoddard (1914a), The origin of colemanite deposits: USGS PP 85: 5
Gale, Hoyt Stoddard (1914c), Borate deposits in Ventura County, California: USGS Bulletin 540: 440
Tucker, W. Burling & Reid J. Sampson (1932), Ventura County: California Mining Bureau. Report 28: 259-262
Carman, M.F., Jr. (1964), Geology of the Lockwood Valley area, Kern and Ventura Counties, California California Division Mines & Geology, Special Report 81
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
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